Gary Gibbon
Ken Clarke’s on board; the Dutch sound nervous
Gary Gibbon is in the snowy Netherlands to see if David Cameron can expect an equally chilly reception for his much-heralded speech on Europe due this Friday.
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Gary Gibbon
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Lindsey Hilsum
Why the Americans want us to stay in the EU
Euroscpetics may say that Britain can rely on the US if it moves away from the EU. But that’s not how it looks from across the pond.
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Jon Snow
New year, new world order?
2013 is likely to be lucky for some countries but filled with foreboding for others – will this be a year in which the world order takes another shunt?
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Berlusconi plans return as Italy tires of Monti
Markets slumped today on the news that Silvio Berlusconi, who bowed out of Italian politics to give way to Mario Monti one year ago, could run to become Italian president for a fifth term.
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As Europe celebrates in Oslo, Cameron plans referendum
European leaders are in Norway to celebrate the award of the Nobel peace prize to the EU – as it emerges an absent David Cameron is to set out plans for a repatriation of powers and an EU referendum.
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Faisal Islam
Super Mario: unemployment the unavoidable price
Is unemployment a price worth paying for keeping the euro on the road? I put the question to ECB President Mario Draghi.
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EU, Greece agree debt deal
European finance ministers agree to provide 40bn euros to ease Greek’s debt crisis after three years of false starts.
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Faisal Islam
No Cyprus bailout yet. Enter the ‘Dvoika’
A funny thing is happening in the Mediterranean. Cyprus has been poised to become the fourth Eurozone sovereign to agree a bailout, the fifth if you include Spain’s banking bailout.
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Gary Gibbon
Cameron aims at Barroso’s pet projects
As the battle over the EU budget shapes into a battle between rich and poor, David Cameron calls for cuts to bring the budget level down.
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Who is the real Angela Merkel?
Is Europe’s most powerful politician losing patience with the David Cameron’s Eurosceptic demands? Political editor Gary Gibbon finds out what makes the famously undemonstrative politician tick
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Trillion euro question: who wants what from EU budget?
The scrapping over how much money EU countries must contribute to the bloc’s seven-year budget is underway in earnest – but what exactly does each state want?
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Cameron ‘not happy’ as EU budget negotiations begin
David Cameron says he is “not happy” as he arrives for crucial EU budget talks in Brussels, despite a compromise proposal which cuts the planned budget by around 80bn euros.
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What would the UK be like outside the EU?
As David Cameron goes into battle in Brussels over the European Union budget, we ask: What would the UK be like outside the EU? Would it be better or worse off? #exiteurope
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European legislation: a law unto itself?
If the UK left the EU, it could choose whether or not to retain laws like the working time directive but not the human rights act, which has nothing to do with the EU.
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Gary Gibbon
CDU source: Cameron wants Germany to blast UK out of Europe
Despite growing irritation with the UK, the Germans will not be throwing Britain out of Europe, even if Mr Cameron seems to be inviting such treatment.
